Peter De Vries was an American novelist and editor known for his satirical humor. He wrote many novels, including "Slouching Towards Kalamazoo," which was published in 1983. The book tells the story of a man named Henry who is struggling to find his place in the world.
The universe is like a safe to which there is a combination, but the combination is locked up in the safe.
Peter De Vries – Slouching Towards Kalamazoo
Life is a zoo in a jungle.
Peter De Vries – Slouching Towards Kalamazoo
You can’t talk your way out of problems you behave yourself into.
Peter De Vries – Slouching Towards Kalamazoo
Human nature is pretty shabby stuff, as you may know from introspection.
Peter De Vries – Slouching Towards Kalamazoo
We are not primarily put on this earth to see through one another, but to see one another through.
Peter De Vries – Slouching Towards Kalamazoo
Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident, riches take wings. Only one thing endures and that is character.
Peter De Vries – Slouching Towards Kalamazoo
The value of marriage is not that adults produce children, but that children produce adults.
Peter De Vries – Slouching Towards Kalamazoo
My father hated radio and could not wait for television to be invented so he could hate that too.
Peter De Vries – Slouching Towards Kalamazoo
There are times when parenthood seems nothing more than feeding the hand that bites you.
Peter De Vries – Slouching Towards Kalamazoo
Love is the same as like except you feel sexier.
Peter De Vries – Slouching Towards Kalamazoo